Maybe I should prop anemones

[Ursus]

I finally decided my tank was ready and bought my first nem about4 weeks ago. It's a GBTA, only about the size of a altoids can. Anyways, when I put it in the tank, it moved onto the back of a rock and decided that was a good place to live. So basically whenever I want to see it, I have to go look at it from the side of the tank, and even then I can see no more than 1/4 of it.

Even though I couldn't see it completely, it seemed happy, retaining its bubbles and taking food whenever it floated into it. About a week ago I noticed it was a little funny looking, but I figured it had just been disturbed and thought nothing of it. Today while doing some tank maintenance, I was looking at it and saw it had moved up and to the left a bit. Upon further inspection, it didn't just move, it split and the split is the one I see with the original sitting in its place.

I'm pretty stoked.

 

[redvipe2010]

Splits are usually a sign of stress. Check you water parameters.

 

[Ursus]

My params are pristine. Although splits can be a sign of stress, for the most part I see them as an indicator of a healthy anemone. Otherwise, it would just die.

 

[GSMguy]

are they both healing well ?

 

[davocean]

It could have split just from the stress of acclimating to a new tank, slight change in params.

 

[cschweitzer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9643167#post9643167 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ursus
My params are pristine. Although splits can be a sign of stress, for the most part I see them as an indicator of a healthy anemone. Otherwise, it would just die.

Possibly, but it doesn't explain why BTA's can get 2+' long and healthy, while the one I did not feed for over a month(closer to three than one) split twice and has not split since I have been feeding them. They grew from split size(1") to over 10" for the large one and none that are under 6". None of the three clones have split since, but have grown to massive sizes.

 

[cschweitzer]

An anem does not just want to die...it'll do everything in its power to try to survive. if that means making a few more of itself to find better locations, that is what it'll do. I come to this reasoning for the same reason that they induce stress in clams to have the female produce her eggs(they do so by taking the female out of the water for an hour or so, she thinks she will die, she lays her eggs, they put her back in, and the male fertilizes them).

 

[Ursus]

Where your nem respodns to feeding by increasing its size, I have talked to several people who get splits from feeding their nems regularly. I'm not saying that it didn't split because it was stressed, I'm just saying that I don't think thats the only possibility.

As far as healing, they both look really good as far as I can see. Also, the color is really popping.

 

[davocean]

Agree w/ that, some people have caused them to split by feeding heavy as well.
Hey, as long as they look good/healthy you're stoked.
maybe you can move the rocks so they're more visible.